In addition to her husband and parents Belva was preceded in death by a brother, Omer Twitty.
Belva graduated from Monett High School in 1950 with 15 college credit hours. She went on to attend SMS College in Springfield, Mo. and graduated in three years with a degree in elementary education. She taught school in Monett, Mo. and Tulsa, Okla before moving to Baxter Springs in 1955 when...
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